Game



April 135-1926; 1,580,305-

" J. G.- KOEGLE I GAME Filed March 36 1920 Ticll'.

INVENTOR. John G. Koey l e ATTORNEY I Patented Apri i PATEN oint qxxonanmor ToL'EDo, OHIO, ASSIGNOR'TOINDUSTRIAL imsnmcn Connema- 'rron, or T0113 0, c1110, A con-renames or DELAWARE. i r

' emu sa -m flIed MarchQG, iaaof Serial 369 ,0311.

ToaZZ whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, JOHN G. KoEc E, a citizen of theUnited- States, residing at T0- ledo, .in the countyof Lucas and State "of Uhio, .haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Games-of which I declare the following tobe a. full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relatesto improvements in games, particularlygames 1n,wh1ch a rou-v V lette. wheel ;or similar rotating element is employed. I

"he principal object of the invention is the provision ofnovel means for producing the rotation of' a roulette wheel or the like,

which shall beextremely simple in' construction and devoid of mechanism that is liable to get out of order.

A further object is the provision in connection with a base ball game, of means for determining by ehance'the plays of the game,

which means involve the throwing of a ball. a f T Other objects, and objects relating to details of construction and economies of manufacture, will appear as I proceed with the description of that embodiment of the in vention, which, for the purposes of the present application I have illustrated in the ac a baseball I toward him with a snapping action. This.

1 shown in Fig. ,I.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout theviews. a

. In the drawing, 10 represents a game board, which preferably has imprinted thereona base ball diamond 11. The board has numerous holes 12 drilled therein for the reception of pegs (not shown) which, as the game progresses, are inserted in the proper holes to indicate the score of the players.

Into one end of the board a socket 13 is sunk and is preferably covered by a transparent sheet 14 of glass or celluloid. From a central position in the bottom of the socket a pin 15 extends upwardly into a. correspondingly shaped bore in the bottom of a rotatable element or wheel 16. The latter has an annular recess 17 cut into its upper side with a bottom sloping slightly towards the middle portion or 18. The bottom of theian .nular recess 17. is divided by means of printed radial-linesintosectors 19,. in each of.

which isprinte'd a play that mayoccur in the game of basev ball. In 'each'sector near the hub 18 is a slight depression 20 ada ted to receive a ball. 21, but not deep enou to retain the ball against any appreciablepressure. H I

' In one edge most part, atgleast, in a curved edgeof Isaid board, is a slot 22 running-through the :edge

of the board 10, and for the walland into thesoeket 13... The walls'of this slot are inclinedinwardly toward each other. The side walls of'the slo't are spaced far enough apart to enable the finger ofthe operator to ride thereagainst and extend far I enough therethrough to contact with just the right pressure the outer. edge of the wheel 16. I have found by experiment that a slot corresponding in length ,to an arc of approximately 90 degrees produces satisfactory results. It must be at least degrees in order to permit the operators finger to remain in contact with the .wheel long enough to'produce rapid motion."

In playing the game the board is'held still preferably, on a. fiat surface by one hand of the operator, while a finger of the other-hand is placed at that end of the slot furthest from the operator and then drawn rapidly causes the wheel to revolve rapidly and the ball 21 then being acted upon by centrifugal;

force, as well as by frictional contact with the wheel, is thrown around with the wheel andout towards the outer wall of the j termines the play to which the player is eng titled. Each player continues playing until three outs are registered against him, when] the next player takes his turn, there being an even number of players divided into two teams.

I am aware that the particular embodi- 'ment of my invention above described, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawing, is susceptible of considerable variation withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, and

therefore I desire to claim my invention broadly as well as specifically as indicated by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 7

I. In combination, a support, a roulette Wheel rotatably mounted upon said support, said support having a wall adjacent the edge of the wheel cut away for a distance corresponding to an arc of approximately ninety degrees, whereby the operators finger may be placed at one end of said cut-away por- "tion against the side edge of the wheel and moved with a snapping action tothe other end of said cut-away portion, thus causing by means of a snapping action of the finger. In combination, a support, a, roulette wheel rotatably mounted upon said support,

said support having a curved wall concentric with the, wheel in which is a horizontal slot exposingthe edge of the wheel, said slot being inclined inwardly toward the wheel and the parts being so proportioned that the operators finger while pressing againstthe sides of the slot will engage the edge of the wheel with a slight pressure only.

4. 111 apparatus of the class described, the combination of a cup-shaped casing, the edge wall of which is cut away to form a radial slot, a plate rotatably mounted within the casing, said plate having an annular channel formed in a side thereof, forming inner and outer walls, and a plurality of depres JOHN G. KOEGLE. 

